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July 5, 2000 10:46 AM, EDT

Illinois lawmakers responded to dizzyingly high fuel prices by suspending the state’s 5% sales tax on diesel and gasoline for six months.

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Gov. George Ryan called state lawmakers away from their vacations for a special one-day session of the legislature on June 29 to deal with gasoline prices approaching $2 and diesel prices not far behind.

The action mirrors similar events in neighboring Indiana, where Gov. Frank O’Bannon temporarily lifted his state’s 5% sales tax on gasoline.

Fred Serpe, executive director of the Illinois Transportation Association, said the Illinois decision would save trucking millions of dollars.

For the full story, see the June 26 print edition of Transport Topics. .